At No. 3, the Jets' problem is a good one to have
With the third pick in the NFL Draft, the New York Jets have a difficult decision to make.
Assuming Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray and Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa go 1-2 to the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers (and that’s no lock), the Jets and new coach Adam Gase can choose from among three of the top defensive players in college football last season — Alabama defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen or Houston defensive end Ed Oliver.
The two the Jets don’ t take surely will be gone within the top 10, if not the top five, picks.
New York Daily News writer Menish Meta’s insightful piece suggests the Hall of Fame may be in Oliver’s future; or, at least, he could have a career similar to that of Aaron Donald.
Whoever the team selects, the Pittsburgh Steelers will get a look at the how this draft will affect the Jets when the teams meet Dec. 22 at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It’s a potential reunion with running back Le’Veon Bell, who was only a second-round pick, by the way.
Jets source on Ed Oliver: “He’s an alien.”
A closer look at how NYJ really feels about Quinnen Williams, Josh Allen and Oliver...
Story: https://t.co/e8T7pyb6QQ pic.twitter.com/IHOZdK7va5
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) April 22, 2019
Then, there’s Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth’s pick for the Jets. Better yet, look at the family tie he projects for the Steelers’ selection at No. 20. If he’s right, the Steelers will be passing up a huge need on defense, at least in the first round.
Collinsworth has Steelers taking AB’s cousin and passing on Devin Bush. https://t.co/XtvhheozKq
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) April 23, 2019
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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